JohnGc

Thank you for all the replies. As you say it is up to the individual circumstances. I don't think our doctor would commit to saying go, knowing our history. We are monitoring the situation closely and hoping things will improve in the not too distant future.Selfishly I am hoping cruise ships will clamp down on pax doing the wrong thing, how they are going to police the rules I don't know. Seems unfair for the crew to be expected to enforce them and end up being abused by the minority idiots. Cheers guys, just being in touch on this forum keeps me in a cruising mood.😁

I have been watching for reports on Covid from passengers on the above ships , but have not seen many reports regarding the situation. I will soon have to make a decision on canceling a cruise owing to my wife being immunocompromised and our ages. Not looking good so far seeing several of our members have been unlucky enough to have caught covid. The reports of pax not being responsible is disappointing. Its a very disappointing situation but it obviously is not going to improve soon. My attitude has always been go for it, but as I am not the only one to think about I am now re-thinking . Its all very well saying you only live once and all that and I hate to start being sensible ( never have been before ) 😄 but the Majestic with 800 pax with Covid has not helped. I wonder how many others are now thinking of putting a cruise on the back burner for now. There is no doubt if the wife and I were both fit we would take our chances and go.

Will Covid positive passengers that live interstate have to abide by isolating in hotels or will some of them attempt to catch their flights home do you think. I did read princess is looking after the infected ones. Will not affect me when I cruise as I will be cruising from Brisbane and will have my own vehicle handy if unfortunate enough to catch Covid. Just interested to know the facts.

Thanks Chilliburn, Not doing the transpac cruise until the end of 2023 on the Quantum depending on the Covid situation.I am obtaining info now to allow for cost factors. The 24hr internet looks a good way to go. The time on the computer sounds interesting but I guess there would be no privacy.

Thanks for that, it is good to know, definitely would only need it as I said for occasional contact of family.

Me 😂

Does anyone know if you can just buy the internet per day as and when you want it. I would only need to contact the family now and again on a long cruise.

Thanks Julie. 😊

That will be very handy, thank very much. I will have a good look at.👍

Brilliant, thanks Julie. We are going on a driving holiday later on in February and the mountain is on our list. We will be lucky enough to be able to choose weather wise when to go.

Sounds like you had a great time.Hope you don't mind a few questions.Love to do that next time we are in Tasmania.Hope the weather was good for you, I read it can be very changeable hourly and day to day on the mountain. Could a fairly fit elderly couple do the walk to Crater Rock lookout and do you need hiking boots ? Thanks.

I must agree. We had a great time on board. In Hobart Tasmania we went on a short tour of the area and at one point there was a view of the ship and from a distance it took me a while to pick the Ovation out because it looked like a big block of units !!! Having said that I would enjoy cruising on the Ovation or the Quantum again.😊

Thanks for that. Only checked it on my planner on my computer. May download the app on my iphone.👍

No RCI Royal Caribbean International.

Just signed into my account with RCI and all my cruises have disappeared and stating I have no upcoming cruises. Any one else got this problem.?

Unfortunately unless you suffer with these complaints people, ( understandably ) do not realise the reason you are coughing. My medical condition causes a dry cough from the throat. I try to avoid anyone that has a hacking deep cough but still feel empathy for them as long as they cover up.

Might be onto a winner there, another good one would be " I am vulnerable keep away "😁

Good to know thanks.

Embarrassing for me I have Barrett's oesophagus that makes you cough and I often get dirty looks, that has increased since Covid showed up. The mask mandate was good for me, I did not feel so guilty when I coughed. Maybe I should hang a sign around my neck with " I don't have Covid " 😷

Out of curiosity is the medical on board for Covid free of charge ? I know RCI stated a while back that anything Covid related would be no charge, not sure if that is still the case.

It was all there, I am sorry I probably did not explain well. I have dark mode turned on my computer which blacked out all the white information on your chart and only showed the ports not the ships. As soon as I turned off dark mode everything magically appeared. Your chart was great, nothing wrong with it unlike my brain.😁

Thanks for that great chart . I must mention this I could not see anything other than Brisbane & Sydney and then I had a brainwave ( turn off dark mode ) 😂😂

Thank you Mr walker. Preparing all this well in advance for the cruise from Honolulu. Its a case of waiting to see the covid situation on the Ovation and Quantum when they arrive here. So looking forward to cruising but the Wife and I are classed as vulnerable so it will be a case of sensible or foolhardy. Booked on Quantum cruise Brisbane / Sydney /Hobart in January, seriously considering this one, being an 8 day cruise in Australia not quite as bad as a 18 day cruise from Honolulu. Big ship with lots of people though !!! Have to make our mind up for the January cruise as full payment is due mid November.

On a false booking I made for Air N/Z to Honolulu via Auckland, a 787-900 Boeing Dreamliner is used even from Gold Coast to Aukland.😊

Thats good to know, at my age I need all the comfort I can get. As I am planning on booking well in advance I am still trying to work out how much extra it would cost for refundable air fare in case I have to cancel for any reason. Cant seem to find it with just researching fare cost, may just give them a phone call.